Adding a default SelectListItem

Question

 public IEnumerable GetList(int? ID)
 {
      return from s in db.List
             orderby s.Descript
             select new SelectListItem
          


        

Answer 1

This is just for people who are using Webpages framwork (not MVC and webform) with Razor V2 and C#, you need do

    @Html.DropDownList("category", "Please select", listData)

Note: OptionalLabel need to be the middle parameter.

Equivalent would be add a SelectListitem to your list data:

    var list=db.Query("select id, name from dbtable");
    List<SelectListItem> listData = new List<SelectListItem>();
    listData.Add(new SelectListItem
    {
        Text = "Please select",
        Value = "",
    }); 

    foreach(var item in list)   {
        listData.Add(new SelectListItem  {
            Text = item.Name,
            Value = item.id,
            Selected = isSelected 
        });
    }

    @Html.DropDownList("play" , listData)